Indian Head Cents

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• kranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭

  December 12, 2003 9:34AM

  Rick Snow has a few books out on IHCs and is considered the current expert on the series.

  New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.

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• koreansteve Posts: 48

  December 12, 2003 10:06AM

  thanks, anyone else know of any other authors or books that are pretty good in their knowledge and educational substance on IHC?

  currently searching for IHC. Also searching for 2 and 3 cent coins.

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• toothpuller Posts: 600 ✭

  December 12, 2003 10:40AM

  Steve,
  
  Bower's book for sale on the Harlan Berk website is one of the better FE/IHC references available. If you look for a while on ebay it may pop up used for a lower price.
  
  
  
  

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• koreansteve Posts: 48

  December 12, 2003 10:41AM

  thanks

  currently searching for IHC. Also searching for 2 and 3 cent coins.

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• MacCoin Posts: 2,544 ✭✭

  December 12, 2003 10:49AM

  you come to the right place we have a member that know as much about IHC as any book you can find out there. his name is Skylock and this is his website

  
  
  
  I hate it when you see my post before I can edit the spelling.
  
  Always looking for nice type coins
  
  my local dealer

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• koreansteve Posts: 48

  December 12, 2003 11:51AM

  thanks. I think i may try to reach Skylock, but i still haven't figured out the "search" process here yet.

  currently searching for IHC. Also searching for 2 and 3 cent coins.

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• Lakesammman Posts: 17,460 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 13, 2003 6:16AM

  Agree on Bowers book.
  
  For Snows, I would recommend his attribution guides - more current and in depth than the original book. Available on his website or ebay. He also has a few articles on grading on the site.
  
  The Flynn/Steve book on varieties has some good parts.
  
  Recommend going to auctions when possible and looking at the coins there. Cover the grade and try to grade it yourself. You'll learn alot quickly, especially if it's a bullet sale and you can get a chance to see alot of cleaned, whizzed and o/w damaged coins. It will teach you what to look out for.
  
  Finally, the Fly-In club is cheap to join and has a good quarterly news letter, back issues also available. The web site has useful info. such as variety population data.
  
  Good luck - it's a fun, challenging series.
  
  

  "My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose, Cardinal.

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